Author: KAVIA M R

Antarctica: Norse Atlantic Airways has landed a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on an icy runway in a remote part of Antarctica. The runway spans 3,000 meters (9840 feet) in length and 60 meters (100 feet) in width. After the landing, it became the largest plane to ever land in Antarctica. “We have achieved together a momentous moment of landing the first 787 Dreamliner. In the spirit of exploration, we are proud to have a hand in this important and unique mission,” Mr. Bjørn Tore Larsen, Norse Atlantic CEO, said in a statement. The plane departed Oslo on November 13, 2023, stopping…

United States: The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has suspended its advertisements for X, formerly known as Twitter, saying its ads were shown next to pro-Nazi posts. It came as X’s CTO, Mr. Elon Musk, faced criticism for endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory in response to a post on the platform. According to the media watchdog group Media Matters for America, Apple, Oracle, and IBM ads were displayed next to posts praising Adolf Hitler and Nazism on X. “Elon Musk praises the antisemitic replacement theory that motivated a mass shooting as the “actual truth.” White nationalists are already celebrating,” Media…

United States: Jimmy Kimmel, an American television personality, will host the 96th Academy Award. It is his fourth time hosting the Oscars. “I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” Kimmel stated in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences statement. Kimmel is a popular comedian, writer, and producer, and he is the host and executive producer of the famous programme Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show. “We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a…

United States: China and the US have vowed to take measures to stop global warming in a joint statement. It came ahead of the US President, Mr. Joe Biden, and Chinese President, Mr. Xi Jinping, meeting in San Francisco. According to the State Department, they plan to tackle global warming by ramping up wind, solar and other renewable energy to displace fossil fuels. The Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi summit aims to ease the turmoil between the two countries, including trade, human rights, and the future of Taiwan. Mr. Xi has already arrived in San Francisco for the summit. “The…

Kenya: Delegations from different countries have gathered in Kenya for a landmark treaty to fight global plastic pollution. The talks were held in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. The President of Kenya, Mr. William Ruto, stated on the first day of the discussion that time is running out to reach a deal before the end of 2023, with a deadline set for March 2022. “I urge all the negotiators to recall that 2024 is only six weeks away and are only two other meetings to go,” Mr. Ruto remarked. Pollution results from over 400 million metric tonnes of plastic waste produced…

Australia: Major port operator DP World has reportedly said that it reopened after a cyberattack that crippled the facilities for three days. DP World Australia manages approximately 40 percent of imports and exports in the country. The logistics company disconnected its system from the internet upon detecting the attack. “DP World Australia is pleased to announce that operations resumed at the company’s ports across Australia,” the operator said in a statement. According to the report, the company will move “approximately 5,000 containers out of the four Australian terminals today.” Mr. Darren Goldie, the Cyber Security Coordinator for the government, stated…

United States: A recent study has revealed that our two nostrils have their own sense of smell. The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, have studied the neural processes underlying odour processing in the human olfactory system and how the brain handles odour information from different nostrils. “Despite extensive work on odor responses in the olfactory system, relatively little is known about how information from the two nostrils is integrated and differentiated in the human olfactory system,” scientists wrote in their research paper. They examined 10 epilepsy patients who already had electrodes implanted in their brains.…

India: The US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, has arrived in India to bolster the US-India strategic partnership. Mr. Blinken will co-chair the 5th India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. The US Secretary of State’s previous visit was to South Korea. Mr. Blinken also attended the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Japan during this marathon trip. The ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict might be a topic of discussion during this visit. India’s Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, has declared the nation’s solidarity with Israel. India also condemned Hamas and shared its interest in an independent Palestinian state. Last month, India airlifted aid for…

Ukraine: The Ukrainian army has reportedly said that Russia has fired a Liberian civilian ship entering a port in the Black Sea Region of Odesa. The attack resulted in the death of the harbour pilot and injuries to the four members of the ship’s crew. “The missile hit the structure of a civilian vessel flying the Liberian flag as it was entering the port. Three crew members, citizens of the Philippines, were injured; one of them was hospitalised. The pilot was killed and another port worker was injured,” the army stated. Since the United Nations (UN) brokered deal, which ensured…

Australia: More than 10 million Australians have reportedly experienced internet and phone service cutoffs following an outage that hit the country’s second-biggest network operator, Optus. The outage hit Australia in the morning on November 7, 2023, affecting payment systems and online operations as well as disrupting train services, including Melbourne. The Australian government stated that mobile phones, landlines, and broadband internet had been affected. According to the report, the Optus CEO, Ms. Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, denied a cyberattack, but she also didn’t give a reason for the outage. This network issue caused many hospitals to be unable to receive phone…